Dave's 300 Gallon Reef

[Lance]

Very nice Dave. Did you have any heat issues with the warm autumn weather we had? Or are the fans in the light fixture enough to keep temp down.

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by Lance

Very nice Dave. Did you have any heat issues with the warm autumn weather we had? Or are the fans in the light fixture enough to keep temp down.

I have the medusa temp controller, no chiller but I have a turbo fan hooked to that outlet, when the temp rises the fan comes on and blows accross the surface of the tank, the temp runs between 77.8 and 78.5 with very little fluctuation, I actually need to vent the room as it does get warm in there when the halides are on but nothing to be concerned with this time of year.

[Mrfish55]

Pic of the bubble coral just after lights out, bubbles starting to shrink and those deadly tenticles comming out.

[Delphinus]

Very nice setup!!

[Skimmerking]

Wait til Doug see's the Bubble coral. he had a huge one too, I see that you have your tank in your furance room too. that is were I have mine. mine is only 24 wide your's is 36 that is crazy wide and nice for swimming room.

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

Wait til Doug see's the Bubble coral. he had a huge one too, I see that you have your tank in your furance room too. that is were I have mine. mine is only 24 wide your's is 36 that is crazy wide and nice for swimming room.

I don't know how the furnace is going to hold up to the humid salty conditions, when it packs it in I will move it to the other side of the wall to free up space for some propagation tanks, I am loving the 36" depth, I actually have all of the glass pieces to build a 60"x48"x36" but I didn't have time to assemble it as my old place sold right away and the new owner wanted immediate possession. Doug HAD a large bubble coral! I hope in another 15 years I can tell people I HAVE a giant bubble coral, I HAD a very large elegance coral that lived ten years and grew to about 16" before it unexplicably shriveled up and died one day It was a stunning piece, I will have to see if I can find pics of it.

[Skimmerking]

ya I added a big bathroom fan to exhaust out the camp air, and it works great i dont have it hooked up to a humidstat thou. SInce I dont need it IMO but its very dry in Manitoba. something t ollok into. im going to get a even bigger one tha tis died silent next.